By Rebecca Wass South Lake Tahoe now has a diagnostic hearing service through Barton Health. Danielle Knowlton was recruited to offer testing and treatment for those who have potential and current hearing issues. In partnership with Ronald Roth of Barton Ear, Nose and Throat, audiologist, Knowlton brings more than 25 years of experience to Barton […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the hum of men and their machines permeate the air, so does the anticipation of what Lakeview Commons will be when the work is completed in a month. The $6 million project in South Lake Tahoe on the waterfront at El Dorado Beach is winding down. A TRPA extension is allowing […]
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It was an earthquake, not a burglar trying to get in — is what South Lake Tahoe police dispatchers told people Wednesday night. An earthquake measuring 4.8 struck 23 miles northwest of Truckee in Plumas County at 11:37pm Oct. 26. People are reporting they felt it as far away as Redwood City – 276 miles […]
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I would like to encourage everyone buying costumes for Halloween to check the labels and make sure they are made of flame retardant materials. Materials made of 100 percent polyester are best suited for Halloween costumes. These costume materials may be purchased at most local fabric stores. The use of commercial flame retardant sprays is […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – More time was spent discussing who should be on the Regional Plan Update Committee than where the plan is. Considering the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s document dictates what the five counties and one city, along with other landowners can do in the Lake Tahoe Basin and the fact the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A panel of lawmakers agreed today to review its new policy on responding to public records requests after concerns were raised by the ACLU of Nevada. Rebecca Gasca, legislative and policy director for the organization, told the Legislative Commission on Oct. 26 that the new policy […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Law enforcement leaders, a shooting victim and some lawmakers are calling for a review of Nevada’s gun laws after a mentally ill man shot 11 people with an assault weapon at a Carson City restaurant last month, leaving five dead. Some states have responded to mass killings by banning assault […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times BRAWLEY — Three generations of Al Kalin’s family have worked their 2,000 acres of carrots and sugar beets, wheat and alfalfa for almost a century in the Imperial Valley, a scorching swath of Southern California desert that was unfit for farming until water from the Colorado River was diverted […]
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By Carly Flandro, Bozeman Daily Chronicle Tim Blixseth, former billionaire and founder of the Yellowstone Club, has written 250 pages of his autobiography, which is to be titled: “You couldn’t make this up.” But he’s waiting to finish it until next year. “It’ll be a journey about my life and some of the interesting things, […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s going to get tougher to be passed from one grade to the next in Lake Tahoe Unified School District without knowing the material. The board on Tuesday night agreed to direct staff to begin the legwork to revise the promotion-acceleration-retention policy. Today’s policy allows parents to have the final say if […]
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